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UN lifts sanctions on Eritrea after nine years

The United Nations has lifted its sanctions on Eritrea, nine years after they were imposed by the international organisation. Wednesday's decision, made during a meeting of the UN Security Council, follows a rapprochement between Eritrea and neighbouring Ethiopia in recent months. The

The United Nations has lifted its sanctions on Eritrea, nine years after they were imposed by the international organisation.

Wednesday’s decision, made during a meeting of the UN Security Council, follows a rapprochement between Eritrea and neighbouring Ethiopia in recent months.

The Security Council welcomed the improved relationship between the two countries but added that Eritrea needs to strive for closer ties with its other neighbour, Djibouti.

Eritrea and Djibouti have been at odds over a border dispute since June 2008 that led to military clashes which killed a dozen Djiboutian troops.

Repeated violence over the disputed territory raised fears the conflict could engulf the entire Horn of Africa region.

Arms embargo

In 2009, the UN imposed a nationwide arms embargo, travel ban and asset freeze on certain people and entities after accusing Eritrea of supporting armed groups in Somalia.

Eritrea has denied those allegations.

Earlier this year, Eritrea and Ethiopia signed a peace deal after a decades-long dispute.

Following that peace agreement, Eritrea asked the UN to lifts its sanctions, pointing to the region’s diplomatic shifts.

The dispute started in the early 1990s, when Eritrea gained its independence from Ethiopia, after which a war broke out later that decade over border disputes.

A 2002 UN-backed boundary demarcation was meant to settle the dispute for good, but Ethiopia refused to abide by it.

A turnaround began in June this year when Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced that Ethiopia would hand back to Eritrea the disputed areas, including the flashpoint town of Badme, where the first shots of the border war were fired.

In September, two border crossings were reopened just days before the countries signed a peace deal in Saudi Arabia, officially ending hostilities.

After the signing of that deal in Saudi Arabia, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told journalists “a wind of hope” was blowing in the Horn of Africa.

“It is not only the peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea – it is the fact that tomorrow and the day after tomorrow we will have, here in Saudi Arabia, the president of Djibouti and the president of Eritrea – two countries that have also been at odds with each other,” the UN chief said.

SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES

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  • Asmerom November 16, 2018

    Always boring asena lel lel lel lels only for so many years nothing else no real fighters to fight the real fight.
    Isayas Afewwerki, his son Abraham and the military will rule Eritrea for ever no one will change the reality on ground.

  • aditekelezan November 16, 2018

    ኣነ እቲ ኹነታት ኣብዘይምለሰሉ መድረኽ በጺሑ ብድሕሪ ሕጂ ዝግበር ፍንጭራዕ መፋሕፋሕ ሕቖ ተቓወምቱ እዩ ዝኸውን. በዚሓ ህዝበ ኤርትራ ድማ እዚ እዋን ጸጋ ዝቐደዎ ይመስል “

  • Simon G. November 17, 2018

    ታይ ገበረ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ
    ዝኹሉ ሓሳረ መከራ
    ዓለም ብዓለማ ፈሪድቶ
    ብደገ ብውሽጢ ከምዚ ዘራጊቶ
    ናይ ገዛእስ ደሓን ናይ ዚ ዘራጊቶ
    ኣብ ክንዲ ሕራይ ኢላ ዘዕበየቶ
    ድሓን ምጻእ ኢላ ዘዕቆበቶ
    ኣንታ ኣምላኽ እንታይ ገበረቶ

    ዓዲ እንጊልዝ ዝቡዳ
    ጻዕዳ ዘበለ ዝቡዳ
    ታሓንጎልኩም በለጽ ዝልማዳ
    ንጸለምቲ ክትጸቐጡ
    ከተደንቁሩ ክትቅጥቅጡ
    መዋእልኩም ብኽፋእ
    ፍስኽታ ኣምሪሕኩም ሚስጥርኩም ብምሕባእ
    ኣፍሪቃ ክትገዝ ኡ
    ድሕሪ ዲክታቶራት ትገሕብ ኡ
    ዝበደልኩምና ቅድሚ ሱሳ ዓመት
    ክትድቕዱቑና ናብ ደልሃመት
    ሓድሽ ምህዞ ዓመት ዓመት
    ሓንቲ ኢድኩም ንሰላም
    ታ ሓንቲ ኢድኩም ንጸላም
    ኣቤት ምጥላም

    ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝደንቆሮ
    ዋላ ዝተማህረ ዋላ ሰብ ምህሮ
    ከመይ ኢሉ ትሚስጥሪኩም ተሰወሮ
    ዝገርም ዩ ናትና
    ዘይንፈልጥ መን ከምዝኾነ ጸላኢና
    ዓዊርና ምስ መዓይንና
    ሞይትኩም ተባሂልና
    እንዳረ ኤና ዳሰማዕና
    ኣንታ ኣምላኽ ታይ ዲና ኴንና
    ከምዚ ልና ፈዚዝና

    ኣብ ክንዲ ንሓትት ንምታይ ተኣጊድና
    ሕጂ ንፍሳህ እገዳ ተላዒሉ ኢልና
    ወይ ስጊንጥር ናይ ህዝብና

    ሰብ ሓደ እዝኒ
    ሰብ ሓደ ዓይኒ
    ሰብ ሓደ እግሪ
    ታይ ለዮ ካል ኣይ
    ጎደሎ ሕሸኒ ከም ቀደምይ
    ንዘል ኣለም ንበር ወዲ ኣፈይ
    ሕረድኒ ቅተለኒ
    ናትካ ጸገም ጽድቂ ክኾነኒ
    ሂወተይ ንዓኻ ከረክቦ
    ፈጣሪ ዝዓደለኒ ንዓኻ ክህቦ
    ተቐበለኒ
    ከም ድሌትካ ርገጸኒ
    ተደሊኻ ክትምሕረኒ
    ወይ ክት ሸጠኒ
    ካብ ሰላም ሩፍታ ምዕባለ ምሳኻ ሕሸኒ
    ሕጂ ህግደፍ
    ጽባሕ ህግደፍ
    ምሳኻስ ዋላ ንጽደፍ
    ሂበካ ኣልኹ ሂወተይ
    ስጋብ ሞተይ
    ካብ ቋሕምማት ሰዓብትኻ ሰላምታ ተቐበል
    ዋላ ሃገር ሽጣ ንኺድ ጥራይ በል
    በጀኻስ ዋላ ይውሓጠና ገበል

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    • rezen November 17, 2018

      Simon G, You poured your heart out in classical Tigrigna [1} Poetry, which leaves the reader numb and speech less, the sign of hopelessness. “ካብ ቋሕምማት ሰዓብትኻ ሰላምታ ተቐበል
      ዋላ ሃገር ሽጣ ንኺድ ጥራይ በል
      በጀኻስ ዋላ ይውሓጠና ገበል” You said it ALL I tried to convey the same feeling in my Article [2].
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      Footnotes:
      [1] Innocently [or criminally] we set aside our ancient written language in favour of foreign languages, thus we dug ourselves into the grave yard of INFERIORITY COMPLEX, camouflaged by superficial superiority complex.
      (2] “ASSENNA: ዳንኬራ ኢሳይያስ ብዛዕባ እገዳ – ክልተ መልሓስ ኣብ ሓደ ርእሲ ኢትዮጵያ – ዝርርብ ምስ ኤደን ኢያሱ – Friday, Nov 16, 2018”

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